From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2003-03-22T02:58:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby tutorial download

EHLO

* On 2003-03-20 23:06
* Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:38:05AM +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> 
> > As an aside, I've always maintained that the term
> > "RAA" is a bit of a misnomer. I think that "Ruby
> > Archive" would be more accurate and more euphonious.
> > 
> > [Non-English speakers: Your word for the week is
> > "euphonious" -- the quality of a sound, especially
> > a spoken word or phrase , that is pleasing to the
> > ear. :)]
> 
> :) Good word.

Nevertheless I don't like the concept of introducing Greek here.
In German that would be 'wohlklingend'. Is that 'well-sounding' in
English (not found in Webster).

> I've always been a fan of rich vocabulary, instead of the
> monosylabic content that seems to permeate popular media.

You suggest that monosyllabic words cannot have a deep?
'mankind' and 'before' are written as one word but they are in fact
two words each (man + kind) and (be + fore) so the following is made
up of monosyllabic words only:

'Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.'

(a famous quote from John F. Kennedy).

Naming something can be a real problem. Once there was a car
manifacturer who decided to call a car 'MR2'. They soon realized that
the car didn't sell very good in all french-speaking countries. After
some research the problem became obvious: 'M eR Deux' sounds very
similar to 'merde' the French word for 'shit'. They soon did decide
on another name :-|

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt       http://jupp.tux.nu       jupp(AT)gmx(DOT)de
-- 
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
                                                   -- John F. Kennedy